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Down by the Water

I lost my heart under the bridge
That little girl
So much to me
And now I moan, and now I holler
She'll never know just what I found
That blue-eyed girl she said no more
And that blue-eyed girl became blue -eyed whore
Down by the water I took her hand
Just like my daughter
See her again

Oh, help me Jesus come through this storm
I had to lose her to do her harm
I heard her holler, I heard her moan
My lovely daughter
I took her home

Little fish, big fish, swimming in the water
Come back here, man, give me my daughter
Little fish, big fish, swimming in the water
Come back here, man, give me my daughter

PJ Harvey

Tuesday Tune-age

Idaho

Texas are you my friend, you live so close to the end
Texas are you my friend, cause I'm afraid of you
Hey Maine hey, you're a little too high for me
And FLA you're just a little too low
D.C. you could be the end of me
I think I'm movin to Idaho
I ain't afraid of you

Oo, people on the outside lookin in
Mother Nature shakes, what then what then
Oo, people on the outside lookin through
she'll shake you to Idaho, that's what she'll do

Oo, Oo Carolina Brother's you make me crawl under the covers
I just can't get myself to go, oh no
Hey Joe I see your name too, but there is nothin that they can do
I think I'm movin to Idaho
I ain't afraid of you

Oo, people on the outside lookin in
Mother Nature shakes, what then what then
Oo, people on the outside lookin through
she'll shake you to Idaho, that's what she'll do

Train

Music Monday

Take me down, 6 underground,
The ground beneath your feet,
Laid out low, nothing to go
Nowhere a way to meet
I've got a head full of drought,
Down here, so faroff losing out
Round here,

Overground, watch this space,
I'm open to falling from grace

Calm me down, bring it round
Too way high off your street
I can see like nothing else
In me you're better than I wannabe
Don't think 'cos I understand,
I care, don't think 'cos I'm talking we're friends,

Overground, watch this space,
I'm open to falling from grace

Talk me down, safe and sound
Too strung up to sleep
Wear me out, scream and shout
Swear my time's never cheap
I fake my life like I've lived
Too much, I take whatever you're given
Not enough,

Overground, watch this space,
I'm open to falling from grace

I fake my life like I've lived
Too much, I take whatever you're given
Not enough,

Overground, watch this space,
I'm open to falling from grace

Sneaker Pimps

Who Likes to Paint?

So, after a year and a half, I've decided to try to finish the back hall. I actually have been looking for a long time at paint chips to try to decide what color to paint. I am NOT the one to be able to look at different colors and say,"Oh! These go great together. I will pick these!"

No, this is not me.

I have to have those paint cards. You know, the ones that put colors together so that morons like me aren't choosing the wrong hues. Yeah. Those.

So after much thought and looking at those damn cards, I decided on a set of colors of Benjamin Moore paint. Actually, I decided on two sets of colors. I liked some in one set of colors and some in the other set. So I go to the local hardware store to buy some quarts of the paint so I can paint a little on the wall to see what it actually looks like in the house. The lady at the paint counter is AWESOME because she turned me on to these cool little things called "paint pots". They are small amounts of paint that cover a 2x2' area. Just enough to see if you like the color. AND they are only $3.00. WAY better than paying $12.00 for a quart.

So, I choose my colors and did end up having to buy 2 quarts because they didn't have the colors I wanted.

Now, here's the cool thing. The color I thought I wanted? Wilmington Tan? Yeah. Looked like someone had emptied their dirty diaper on my wall. NOT the color on the paint chip. The color that I thought I wouldn't like, actually looked OK on the wall and it has a cool color that matches that I want to paint my kitchen.

I go back to the hardware store to by some gallons (2) and a gallon of trim paint. I get home and get ready to paint and have a panic attack.

OMG. What if it's too dark? What if it's ugly? What if I hate it?

I called my trusty sister, Leah and she said, "Jesus! Just paint a wall! If you hate it, you hate it!"

I painted the biggest wall and I love it. The color is called Bleeker Beige and it looks kind of Khaki. In the morning it looks green, right now, it's tannish and at night, it kind of looks brownish. I'll repaint the trim white because it needs it.

Right now, I'm almost done with the wall part. I've still got to do the trim and finish behind the washer and dryer. (Pain in the ASS!)

I'll post pictures when I'm done and my mess is cleaned up!

Music Monday

CRAZY LOVE
(Rusty Young, Poco)

Tonight I'm gonna break away
Just you wait and see
I'll never be imprisoned by
A faded memory

Just when I think I'm over her
This broken heart will mend
I hear her name and I have to cry
The tears come down again

It happens all the time
This crazy love of mine
Wraps around my heart
Refusin' to unwind
Ooh, ooh crazy love

Count the stars in a summer sky
That fall without a sound
And then pretend that you can't hear
These teardrops comin' down

It happens all the time
This crazy love of mine
Wraps around my heart
Refusin' to unwind
Ooh, ooh crazy love

Tonight I'm gonna break away
Just you wait and see
I'll never be imprisoned by
A faded memory

It happens all the time
This crazy love of mine
Wraps around my heart
Refusin' to unwind
Ooh, ooh crazy love

Tonight I'm gonna break away

One Time, At Sand Camp...

Ed and I just got back from a week long vacation in Florence, Oregon for our annual Sand Camp camping trip. We left July 5th and got back the 12th. Actually, it wasn't like camping at all. Everyone has campers now so the only tents were set up for the teenage kids and we had two people sleeping in their trucks.

This year we reserved six camping spots. Normally, we have only four spots but this year we wanted enough room to spread out. Let me give you a vision: Last August. We have just arrived in Coos Bay, Oregon and the boys are deciding how to arrange all of the cars, trucks, campers and trailers in our four spots. They moved everything three or four times until they finally got the configuration that fit our space the best. While all of this is happening, the girls (wives and daughters) are sitting on a picnic table watching them scratching out their ideas in the dirt, and arguing about whose idea or configuration is the best.

This year, NONE of this happened. We decided that the Northern Palmer family would stay in the two spots we had that were across the road from the four main spots. Then the North Bend Palmer's, the Kelly's, the Whitaker/Kalanius', the Masters' and us took the remaining four spots. It was so weird having so much room! We didn't quite know what to do with ourselves...

Each night a family took turns cooking dinner for all twenty people camping in our group. Saturday night, was kind of a pot luck. People just BBQ-ed what they had and brought out chips and salads and mac-n-cheese to share.

Sunday night was Pirate night. We had BBQ-ed salmon, bread, pirate booty, bread and rice. Captain Morgan's and coke was the signature drink for the night.

Monday night was Italian night. We had like 4 different kinds of lasagna, salad and bread for dinner with GREAT wine as the signature drink.

Tuesday night everyone was on their own because Jolene, Jamie and I went to a spa in near Lincoln City and spent the night there. These are pictures from outside our hotel room and also at dinner at a GREAT seafood restaurant!

When we got back on Wednesday, Ed and I were responsible for "White Trash Night". We served our famous Memphis ribs, corn bread, corn on the cob, corn bread and salad. The signature drink for our night was Boone's Farm Strawberry Daiquiri, Sangria and Fuzzy Navel. Hey, Boone's Farm is $2.75 a bottle at Fred Meyer and what is white trash if it isn't Boone's??? Everyone dressed in their best white trash wear. The girls all had on hideous bras and white, "wife beater" t-shirts. I bought the largest hoop earrings that I could find (they went down to my shoulders) and Jamie Marie and Kari Lee found me nasty blue eye shadow. I also put part of my hair in a pony tail on the top of my head. I wished I had some really red lipstick, but, Safeway just doesn't carry it!

Thursday night was Taco night. Lots of great meat, beans, cheese, flour taco shells, and margaritas!!!!

Friday night was Hawaiian night and we had some great chicken, fruit salad, and jello shots and slippery nipple shots. Everyone was "lei-d" and had their own shot glass hooked to their lei so that they wouldn't lose it!

Also on Friday, all of the girls went on a wine tour. We had a limo pick us up in the camp ground and took us to Elkton where there are four wineries that we got to visit. Of course we tasted all of the wines they had to offer and had lunch in a great little restaurant right across the street from two of them.

We came back quite tipsy! After all, we did have a driver. And, I have to say, that I hope that we do a tour like that next year as well. I think that I enjoyed the wine tour more than going to the spa. It's not that I didn't have fun with Jamie Marie and Jolene, but, it was really fun going with ALL the girls.

Saturday morning we were up and cleaning up to get ready to go. We had a GREAT time this year. Even Ed relaxed and didn't work while we were there!

Music Monday

I know that I didn't post last week. Ed and I were on a week's vacation in Florence, OR riding in the sand dunes. Too fun!

Here's this week's installment!


Winter by Tori Amos


Snow can wait
I forgot my mittens
Wipe my nose
Get my new boots on
I get a little warm in my heart
When I think of winter
I put my hand in my father's glove
I run off
Where the drifts get deeper
Sleeping beauty trips me with a frown
I hear a voice"You must learn to stand up for yourself
Cause I can't always be around"

He says
When you gonna make up your mind
When you gonna love you as much as I do
When you gonna make up your mind
Cause things are gonna change so fast
All the white horses are still in bed
I tell you that I'll always want you near
You say that things change my dear

Boys get discovered as winter melts
Flowers competing for the sun
Years go by and I'm here still waiting
Withering where some snowman was
Mirror mirror where's the crystal palace
But I only can see the myself
Skating around the truth who I am
But I know dad the ice is getting thin

When you gonna make up your mind
When you gonna love you as much as I do
When you gonna make up your mind
Cause things are gonna change so fast
All the white horses are still in bed
I tell you that I'll always want you near
You say that things change my dear

Hair is grey
And the fires are burning
So many dreams
On the shelf
You say I wanted you to be proud of me
I always wanted that myself

He says
When you gonna make up your mind
When you gonna love you as much as I do
When you gonna make up your mind
Cause things are gonna change so fast
All the white horses have gone ahead
I tell you that I'll always want you near
You say that things change
My dear